Lining for refuse cans



Oct. 7 1924. 1,510,919

v B. H. BLANK LINING FIOR REFUSE CNS Filed S6131',j 27. 1923 mmm I my" f' /llr/ www erzarc v @@Mfsmum y object to provide a simple article' of this4 Feien'iee @ce 7 ieee.

unirse stares BERNARD H. BLANK, 0F NEW YORK, N.

LINING FOR Application led September To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that LBERNARD H. BLANK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inviented a certain new and useful Improvement in Linings for Refuse Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in a detachable lining for cans or other receptacles which are intended to receive garbage, ashes or other refuse, and has for its character which will fit the interior of Ithe receptacle snugl and lie in immediate contact therewith t ereby acting to receive the contents of the can to prevent the contact of the same with the can whereby thedisagreeable task of constantly cleaning the interior of the can will be avoided.

A further Dbjeci .of this invention is i0- provide can linings as described above in continuous 1 stri orm, whereby the same may be sold in t e form of a roll from which the separate can linings may be detached and used when required.

A stili further Object of this invention is to' provide a removable inner lining for refuse cans, which lining shall be of paper or similar material and so arranged that it can V be placed within cans of`various vsize and pre aratory to placing it within a can. 'Iroughout the various vviews of the'v discarded with'the refuse, leaving the can clean and held out of contact with the materials placed within the same. Y

With these objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims ap ended hereto.

Reference is to be had to t e accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which Figure l is a plan viewl of one of the strips from which the linings are detached and used when desired;

Figure2 is a modified form of strip; Figure 3, is a sectional view of a can,

showing my improved lining in position within the same; and u Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the linings detached from the strip shown in Figure 2 and shown in its initial position Y., ASSIGNO'R OF ONE-FOURTH T0 JOSEPH L. LEVY, OF .NEWT YRK, N. Y.

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27, ma. serial No. 665,054.

paper or the like intended to cover the inner side walls of the can is disclosed at 1. IWhen thelinings are connected in strip form the Wall linings l are connected together by adisk of paper 2 which formsa covering for the bottom of the can. y

Having found that the ordinary household arbage cans are of greater diameter than epth, the bottoms y2 are necessarily of greater diameter than the width of the wall linings 1. When the linings are sold in roll form, the initial piece on the roll is a wall lining -1.. This is separated from the following piece, which is a disk 2, by tearing it ofi on the scored or weakened line 3. The wall linin thus removed from the roll 1s laced wit in the can with its ends overapped to the required extent to enable 1t to fit the can roperly. The bottom disk 2 is next torn o from the roll'on the scored yor weakened line 4 and placed within the lining in the can and forced down to the bottom of the can.

I have found it desirable to make the bottom disk'of slightly greater diameter that the bottom of the can so that when said disk is placed in position in the can it will tendto flatten or straighten out and force tached and used as required in the manner just explained, until the roll is exhausted.

vA .modified'form of lining is disclosed lin Figure 2,. where the various linings are joined together vin continuous strip form, but t-he bottom'members are integrally connected to and form part of the wall linings. A complete lining of the character shown'in Figure 2 is disclosed vin Figure 4. Said lin ing is detached from thel rest of the strip on the weakened or scorgl line 5, and each liningconsists of the wall portion 6 from the lower edges of which is the depending bottom portion 7.

To place this formv of lining 1n position with-in a can, the bottom. disk member 7 is' folded upwardly and flat against the I 4wall lining on the fold line 8-as indicated in Figure 4. The lining is then placed within The following linings on the roll are de l the can With the ends of the Wall portion overlapped to the required extent. rllhe bot toni portion is then pushed down flat on the bottom of the can, such act causing it to force the Wall lining against the sides of the can and hold the same in that position, as disclosed in Figure 3.

l have found it desirable to make the Wall lining of a width slightly greater that the depth of the can into which it is intended to be placed whereby a portion of said Wall lining will project above the top of the can and may be folded down over the upper edge of the same, ln order to aid in folding down that portion of the upper edge of the Wall lining which projects above the upper edge of the can, l find it desirable to slit the longitudinal edge of the Wall lining at intervals as at 9. Such slits are placed in the longitudinal edge opposite to that on which the bottom disk is formed.

It Will be apparent from the foregoing that many niodiiications of my, invention may be made, one of the features of whichy resides in the formation of a plurality of lining blanks connected together in strip form so that the strip thus formed may be rolled up and conveniently handled and sold in such condition, and from Which the linings may be removed and used as required.

When the lining disclosed in Figures 2 and 4 is rolled the bottom disk 7 is folded over flat against the Wall lining as disclosed in Figure 4. lt Will also be apparent that in the embodiment of my invention as disclosed in Figures 2 and 4, the bottom disk may not necessarily be located at a central point on one of the longitudinal edges of the Wall lining, but at any suitable point thereon.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to-be restricted to the several embodiments herein shown and described, but is broad enough to cover all structures: coming Within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having described my invention, Whatfll claim` is lfAn article of the class described comnoiosi@ prising a continuous strip of paper consisting of elongated sections adapted to form be used for bottom linings in co-operation with said Wall linings.

An article of the class described c prising a continuous strip having a plura of sections divided by Wea cned. lines o which said sections ina-y be separated fr each other, some of said sections be i shaped to fit and cover the inner sides ci the Wall of a receptacle, and other of said sections being adapted to fit the bottoni a receptacle, said Wall sections each being provided With a plurality of slitsA extending J1- invvardly from one of their edges.

4. An article of the class described comprising a strip composed of a plurality of sections shaped to fit the side Walls of a can,

circular sections interposed between said f Wall sections, said circular sections being greater diameter than the Width of said Wall sections, and weakened lines separating trie various sections.

5. An article of the class described coniprising a can lining consisting of an elongated strip of paper adapted to cover the inner face of the side Wall ofthe can, and a section of greater diameter than the Width of said strip7 adapted to cover the bottone of the can.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 26th day of September, 1923.

BERNARD H. BLANK. 

